Super-Safe Reactor? Nuke Info Tokyo No. 104
Toshiba hopes to install a 10 MWe sodium-cooled modular reactor in the town of Galena (population of about 700) on the Yukon River in Alaska. On 14 December 2004 the Galena City Council passed...
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Rokkasho and Proliferation Revisited Nuke Info Tokyo No. 105
In each of the past two years, around this time Nuke Info Tokyo has included an article raising the question of whether Japan might some day acquire nuclear weapons (NIT 93, and NIT 99). These...
International Critical Review on Japanese Long-Term Nuclear Program Interview with Hideaki Takemura Nuke Info Tokyo No. 105
Past issues of NIT have reported on the fact that our Co-Director, Hideyuki Ban, is a member of the Japanese Atomic Energy Commission’s (AEC) New Nuclear Policy-Planning Council. (Recently AEC determined the official English title. Previously we...
Report on National Conference to Stop Two Nuclear Bills Nuke Info Tokyo No. 105
As discussed in NIT 104, a campaign has been launched against two nuclear bills covering, among other things, the introduction of a ‘clearance’ system for some low-level radioactive waste. The official title of the first...
Group Introduction Acorn Forestry Club Doing business while opposing nuclear power in a nuclear town Nuke Info Tokyo No. 104
By Teruyuki Matsushita* Teruyuki Matsushita teaching about the forest There’s an unwritten law which says that if you live near a nuclear power plant, it’s hard to do business if you oppose nuclear power....
Nuclear Court Cases in Japan Nuke Info Tokyo No. 104
CNIC frequently refers to legal issues in its articles about the campaigns being waged against nuclear facilities in Japan. We thought readers might be interested in some background on the various legal challenges that...
Cracks in Ohi-3 and Ikata-1: companies’ responses Nuke Info Tokyo No. 104
This article begins with a follow-up on the report in NIT 101 about cracks in the Ohi-3 (PWR, 1,180 MW) reactor vessel head, then reports on the cracks that were discovered later in the...
Uranium trials begin at Rokkasho Nuke Info Tokyo No. 104
Protesting in the snow: Scenes outside the gates of the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant (21 Dec. 2004) Atomic Energy Commission endorses reprocessing On 12 November 2004 the Atomic Energy Commission’s (AEC) Long Term Nuclear...
Introduction of a ‘Clearance’ System Bill soon to be submitted to the Diet
During the next Diet session, beginning in January 2005, a bill to introduce a ‘clearance’ system will be submitted as an amendment to the Law for the Regulation of Nuclear Source Material, Nuclear Fuel...